diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index ca55fac9203acab869216ab30e99db81b00c3aae..14e0b66540154fb444e6448d3a2ef930fbb51028 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-head-y := arch/sh/cpu/$(CPU)/start.o
+head-y := arch/sh/lib/start.o
 
 libs-y += arch/sh/cpu/$(CPU)/
 libs-y += arch/sh/lib/
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/Makefile b/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/Makefile
index a19ed5ecf59a56c1ce93de3d5ce2944cb64e9a6e..80fff4920968c1de763fc00eaaf6f4bc3586f082 100644
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/Makefile
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-extra-y	= start.o
 obj-y	= cpu.o interrupts.o watchdog.o
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/start.S b/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/start.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 6171edcce294b0f85352dd1463bcb0a91fb974e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh2/start.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2007,2008 Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2008 Renesas Solutions Corp.
-
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
- */
-
-#include <asm-offsets.h>
-#include <config.h>
-
-	.text
-	.align	2
-
-	.global	_start
-_sh_start:
-	.long 0x00000010	/* Ppower ON reset PC*/
-	.long 0x00000000
-	.long 0x00000010	/* Manual reset PC */
-	.long 0x00000000
-_init:
-	mov.l	._lowlevel_init, r0
-100:	bsrf	r0
-	nop
-	bsr	1f
-	nop
-1:	sts	pr, r5
-	mov.l	._reloc_dst, r4
-	add	#(_sh_start-1b), r5
-	mov.l	._reloc_dst_end, r6
-
-2:	mov.l	@r5+, r1
-	mov.l	r1, @r4
-	add	#4, r4
-	cmp/hs	r6, r4
-	bf	2b
-
-	mov.l	._bss_start, r4
-	mov.l	._bss_end, r5
-	mov	#0, r1
-
-3:	mov.l	r1, @r4			/* bss clear */
-	add	#4, r4
-	cmp/hs	r5, r4
-	bf	3b
-
-	mov.l	._gd_init, r13		/* global data */
-	mov.l	._stack_init, r15	/* stack */
-
-	#TODO(sh maintainer): Fix this up to call the correct code
-	#mov.l	._sh_generic_init, r0
-	#jsr	@r0
-	nop
-
-loop:
-	bra	loop
-
-	.align	2
-
-._lowlevel_init:	.long	(lowlevel_init - (100b + 4))
-._reloc_dst:		.long	reloc_dst
-._reloc_dst_end:	.long	reloc_dst_end
-._bss_start:		.long	bss_start
-._bss_end:		.long	bss_end
-._gd_init:		.long	(_sh_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
-._stack_init:	.long	(_sh_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN - 16)
-#._sh_generic_init:	.long	sh_generic_init
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/Makefile b/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/Makefile
index 85917b908ce0a7874044a83ed2115cb84b04039c..cddc15b5cc3122bf949494ccaca6dd5dcf8aaaa5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/Makefile
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-extra-y	= start.o
 obj-y	= cpu.o interrupts.o watchdog.o
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/start.S b/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/start.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ed7198f2b632a0c0d66572366ce32fa0b424da6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh3/start.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C) Copyright 2007
- * Yoshihiro Shimoda <shimoda.yoshihiro@renesas.com>
- *
- * (C) Copyright 2007
- * Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@nigauri.org>
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
- */
-
-#include <asm-offsets.h>
-#include <config.h>
-
-	.text
-	.align	2
-
-	.global	_start
-_sh_start:
-	mov.l	._lowlevel_init, r0
-100:	bsrf	r0
-	nop
-
-	bsr	1f
-	nop
-1:	sts	pr, r5
-	mov.l	._reloc_dst, r4
-	add	#(_sh_start-1b), r5
-	mov.l	._reloc_dst_end, r6
-
-2:	mov.l	@r5+, r1
-	mov.l	r1, @r4
-	add	#4, r4
-	cmp/hs	r6, r4
-	bf	2b
-
-	mov.l	._bss_start, r4
-	mov.l	._bss_end, r5
-	mov	#0, r1
-
-3:	mov.l	r1, @r4			/* bss clear */
-	add	#4, r4
-	cmp/hs	r5, r4
-	bf	3b
-
-	mov.l	._gd_init, r13		/* global data */
-	mov.l	._stack_init, r15	/* stack */
-
-	#TODO(sh maintainer): Fix this up to call the correct code
-	#mov.l	._sh_generic_init, r0
-	#jsr	@r0
-	nop
-
-loop:
-	bra	loop
-
-	.align	2
-
-._lowlevel_init:	.long	(lowlevel_init - (100b + 4))
-._reloc_dst:		.long	reloc_dst
-._reloc_dst_end:	.long	reloc_dst_end
-._bss_start:		.long	bss_start
-._bss_end:		.long	bss_end
-._gd_init:		.long	(_sh_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE)
-._stack_init:	.long	(_sh_start - GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN - 16)
-#._sh_generic_init:	.long	sh_generic_init
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/Makefile b/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/Makefile
index 38c6188c383254d993cf5b299cf65b3395b1b528..976994b0828edb1b3fcbd43c63999ea61aa81c5e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/Makefile
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-extra-y	= start.o
 obj-y	= cpu.o interrupts.o watchdog.o cache.o
diff --git a/arch/sh/lib/Makefile b/arch/sh/lib/Makefile
index 7be20b1bdd760469c3668034386cc275df9fb772..473cf0de2d8b0baf58913b512ad069eefa16dd37 100644
--- a/arch/sh/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/lib/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+extra-y	+= start.o
+
 obj-y	+= board.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTM) += bootm.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_SH2),y)
diff --git a/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/start.S b/arch/sh/lib/start.S
similarity index 87%
rename from arch/sh/cpu/sh4/start.S
rename to arch/sh/lib/start.S
index 416adcfb1c01f0964ec2880524e85ce8cbae7bb4..37d38d5fb8498450a5c619c5b0527a0e381ba811 100644
--- a/arch/sh/cpu/sh4/start.S
+++ b/arch/sh/lib/start.S
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 
 	.global	_start
 _start:
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SH2
+	.long 0x00000010        /* Ppower ON reset PC*/
+	.long 0x00000000
+	.long 0x00000010        /* Manual reset PC */
+	.long 0x00000000
+#endif
 	mov.l	._lowlevel_init, r0
 100:	bsrf	r0
 	nop